Mehmet was born in Istanbul. He holds two bachelor’s degrees, one in communications engineering and one in computer science from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul. Before starting his master’s studies at Aalto University in Communications Ecosystem Programme, he completed many internships in large companies such as Turk Telekom, Vodafone, NETAS and worked in Garanti Bank as data and platform management engineer. At the moment he works as a summer intern in User Interfaces Group and planning to continue his career as an academic in user interfaces.